tajjar

Maltese

Root
t-j-r
9 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic طَيَّرَ (ṭayyara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaj.jar/

Verb

tajjar (imperfect jtajjar, past participle mtajjar, verbal noun titjir)

  1. to make something fly
  2. to set free (birds)
  3. to squander, waste money
Conjugation
Conjugation of tajjar (Form II)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m tajjart tajjart tajjar tajjarna tajjartu tajru
f tajret
imperfect m ntajjar ttajjar jtajjar ntajru ttajru jtajru
f ttajjar
imperative tajjar tajru
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m tajjartx tajjartx tajjarx tajjarniex tajjartux tajrux
f tajritx
imperfect m ntajjarx ttajjarx jtajjarx ntajrux ttajrux jtajrux
f ttajjarx
imperative ttajjarx ttajrux

Etymology 2

From Arabic طَيَّار (ṭayyār).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tajˈjaːr/

Noun

tajjar m (plural tajjara or tajjarin, feminine tajjara)

  1. flyer

Noun

tajjar m (collective, singulative tajjara, paucal tajjariet)

  1. cotton swabs
  2. cotton
Derived terms
  • mħadda tat-tajjar

Swedish

Verb

tajjar

  1. present indicative of tajja